These arguments are obviously incorrect. They are based on the premise that multiple investigations in the House serve no legislative purpose, and that Congress cannot exercise law enforcement powers.
The argument is false in two ways:
1. It starts with the false assumption that Congress is only empowered by the Constitution to create laws. That’s obviously wrong. The Constitution specifically details at least one other important purpose – the removal of a President through the process of impeachment! Their investigations need not serve a law-making purpose if they serve the purpose of the impeachment process!
2. It assumes that no matter how evil a President might be, if he orders the Justice Department not to investigate him, he therefore cannot be investigated at all!
Let us posit that the Justice Department policy is correct, that a sitting president cannot be indicted by law enforcement. (And I’m not saying that is correct, but since that is the current policy, let’s take it as a given.) What do we do if a hypothetical Joe President is the Antichrist? He is funneling our tax dollars into offshore bank accounts. He is ordering the murder of political opponents. He rapes children of both sexes on the White House lawn. He praises Satan. He shuts down any investigation of him within the Executive branch – a simple matter since he is their boss.
Since it is a given that the Justice Department cannot exercise law enforcement powers against the President, and the President also has the authority to shut down any investigation of himself, it follows that the only way a Satanic President can be brought to justice is if the House takes on the mantle of law enforcement, investigates the President, impeaches him, and the Senate convicts him, thereby rendering him vulnerable to criminal prosecution. If the Congress can’t exercise law enforcement power in this case, including any and all investigatory powers, then we have determined that an evil President is completely above the law.
Well speaking as a lawyer, or at least as someone that USED to be a lawyer, Scoopy is completely correct. The president is not above the law and can be investigated by Congress. There may be certain limits as to what Congress can demand from a president, because the president is a coequal branch of government. For instance, I am not sure if Congress can force the president to testify. But I have confidence in the integrity of the Supreme Court to follow the law and not to bend it to protect Trump.
When did you become a lawyer? You TDS is exhausting. Stick to boobies, that’s why people visit your site.
Scoopy never claimed to be a lawyer, seems his parents knew each other. If you get exhausted, take a breather, elevate your feet, stay hydrated.
“Stick to boobies” sounds like a fun Friday night, or maybe some band’s double-live concept album.
1. There is no mention of Trump anywhere in the post. It is hypothetical.
2. You don’t need a law degree in this case because there are no legal arguments involved.
a. The Constitution is EXPLICIT in granting the legislative branch the sole power to impeach and/or convict. There is no interpretation or subtlety involved. Therefore impeachment is a legitimate legislative purpose – by definition.
b. There is no legal argument presented, just a simple statement of fact: Imagine a corrupt President who will not allow the Justice department (his employees) to investigate him. In such a case, then either Congress can investigate him or he is above the law. Take your pick. No other options. Therefore, Congress obviously has to have the right to investigate that hypothetical President. The only real counter-argument is to posit that a corrupt President is above the law. It is possible to argue that position, but I think you’d have a hard time finding anyone to agree. (Again, that point has nothing to do with Trump. It’s just an abstract argument that applies to any President.)
But you haven’t presented any counter-argument at all. Except for “a corrupt President is above the law,” there probably isn’t one.
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Another right winger here with a different name? Hrm….
Anyway, it’s funny how easily triggered the so-called anti P.C right wingers are.
“If those damn liberals/blacks/Mexicans/gays would just stop shoving everything in our face we would be fine!”
Signed,
Conservatives who spend 12 hours a day on their couch watching FOX News encountering nothing in day to day life.
Or see someone’s posture during a song for five seconds before an NFL game and proceed to spend five hours each day the next four months complaining about it on the internet.
The horror!
/s
What do we do if the Supreme Court decides to agree with this farrago of nonsense?
And don’t tell me “Of course they won’t!” I remember Bush v. Gore.
Dictators don’t need no stinking Congress.
Team Trump obviously sees this as a negotiation, much like the negotiation that led to Trump not testifying for Mueller. This is their opening offer.